Assistant Research Professor
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About The Position
The University of Maine seeks to hire a Research Assistant Professor within the Climate Change Institute with an additional affiliation in the School of Earth & Climate Sciences. The position will have a concentration in cryosphere and land-surface evolution modeling, near-surface cryosphere geophysics (radar and/or seismology experience preferred), or cryosphere terrestrial/airborne radar remote sensing. This position is funded by a multi-year Department of Defense contract which is renewable annually through June of 2028 contingent upon successful completion of annual project deliverables. The overall project goal is focused on characterizing snow properties and quantifying snowmelt, meltwater runoff, and meltwater influence on land stability. The person selected for this position will help collect and couple field observations with hybrid physics-based/machine learning modeling. The person selected for this position should be open to collaborating with others within the University of Maine, the multiple collaborating universities, the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, and the Foundation for Glacier and Environmental Research - Juneau Icefield Research Program (JIRP), to fill the needs of this project. The candidate would lead or co-lead a specific component of the project, related to one of the following topics: Numerical modeling of Earth surface evolution and land stability over snow-covered regions; Acquiring, analyzing, and interpreting terrestrial radar interferometry, LiDAR, or other remote sensing data in effort to study snow properties and land stability and snow/meltwater/land interactions. Field study locations for this project include the Juneau Icefield (Alaska and Canada), Canwell Glacier (Alaska), and sites within northern Maine and New Hampshire. Both the Climate Change Institute and the School of Earth & Climate Sciences emphasize coupled field-analytical-modeling approaches to research, their faculty and students closely collaborate with several independent organizations, state agencies, and federal agencies to study local to global issues of importance in Earth systems. We expect employment to begin during the summer of 2025 so the team member can participate in the 2025 Juneau Icefield research season. This position is a 100% research appointment. However, there are potential opportunities for the selected candidate to teach courses through the University of Maine on a contract basis. In addition, the candidate is eligible to supplement their funded salary on this contract via additional research funding up to a total of 12 months of salary per year. We intend to develop a robust mentoring program for the incoming faculty member to help them successfully secure additional funding for their position. This is a non-tenure track, academic year position.
